Coronavirus: Over 100 new cases bring total number of cases to 1,346 as health ministry says there’s an uptick of COVID-19 among healthcare workers

The health ministry today said there is an uptick of coronavirus among the country’s healthcare workers as it revealed 111 new cases have been registered, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 1,346.

“This represents a 37% positive test rate (111 out of 301 total tests performed). Twenty-one of the new cases are MRC staff and their close contacts,” the health ministry said in its 115th situation report.

The ministry while revealing more of the country’s healthcare workers were contracting the disease called for the provision of adequate stocks of PPEs to all health facilities.